Friday, September 7, 2007

Sarimanok is a Filipino knife fighting martial art developed and founded by Dakila Hsuan, who believes that any weapon works as an extension of the body.

Anybody who is well-trained in proper body mechanics (body torque, stepping, and footwork) will have a good chance of survival in any stand-up fighting, armed or unarmed. One of the causes why defense techniques that looks good to the naked eyes during practice and demonstration will seldom work in real combat situation are due to poor timing, poor body coordination, poor spacing, and poor balance.

80% of Sarimanok training grid dwells in defensive techniques; only 20% are for knife attacks (proper handling) for obvious reasons. Also, the founder believes that only 20% of any civilized society wants to use the knife to kill somebody (for a good reason and purpose) and 80% are law abiding, peace loving citizens, which need to defend themselves.

In order to impart some good inputs and useful lessons to the viewing public, the videos are purposely done in an instructional and tutorial manner. The founder hopes that through the video clips (posted at http://www.youtube.com/user/huglaes), the purpose is served.